Oil-burner.



C. T. HAAS'& R. C. HUNTER.

OIL BURNER.

APPLIOATIDN FILED JULY 17, 1912.

1,053,987. l Patentad Feb'. 25, 3913.

@Ivi/kwamen vention.

UNITED sTnTEs PATENT oEEioE- CHARLES T. HAAS 'AND ROBERT C.KHUNTER, OFIIUGU'.lVMlARII,I NEW IVIEXICO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

OIL-BURNER.

Patented Feb. 25, 1191s.

Application filed July 17, y1912. Serial No. 709,967.

Todi whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES T. HAASH` and ROBERT C. HUNTER, citizens ofthe" Unit-ed States, residing at Tucumcari,in thev county of Quay yandState of New Mexico, have invented new. and` useful Improvements inOil-Burners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil burners-,the

object in view being to provide a burner adapted for burning gasolene,coal oil, and all crude oil products which have undergone a refiningprocess..V

One object of the invention ,is to provide, in connection with adistributing hood and oil fed wicks. a generator which is exposed to theheat risingfrom the wicks, and which will become quickly heated, andthereafter Serve to vaporize the oil before it is admitted to the mixingnozzle andprojected into the interior of the hood.

Another object. of thefinventioii is to so.

combine the generator with the body of ythe burner that the flame may beeasily controlled to enable the burner to produce a larger or smalleramount of heat.l

'With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists infthe constructioinl combinatioirandarrangement. of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

and pointed-out in' the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure l is a plan view of'an oil burner, embodying thepresent in- Fig. 2 is a side elevationof thev same, showing in additionto the burner, the compressed air supply tank and connections. Fig. 3 avertical' longitudinal section through the burner. Fig. 4 is a verticalcross section through the saine.

The burner contemplated in this invention comprises 'a base l which isprovided along opposite sides thereof with gutters 2, `and surrounded byan upstandixng marginal flange 3 forming the outer walls of the gutters,as shown in the sectional views. Sup-4 ported upon the base 1 is anarched and perforated hood et, the opposite lower side edges of whichare received in the gutters 2 above described. Just. outside of the sidewalls of the hood 4, wicks 5 of any suit-able n aterial,

preferably asbestos,'are placed in the gutters, and preferably extendslightly abovethe top of the flange 3.

Kas screwsawhich arejinserted through thel `inafter described'.

Iback thereof, where it isv supported by a' Secured 'to the flange 3onthe outer sides thereof, are perforated wick protectors 6, in

the forni of .plates the'same being*y secured tothe base '-1 byniean'soffasteiiers 7, such protector plates and also throught-l'ie'tlanges .3, wicks 5 and hood 4,-thereby securing all of saidparts together. The 'fioor -8 formed by ,the top of the base is madesloping from the center in opposite directions toward the gutters, so asto initially direct the oil into `the gutters, so as to saturate'thewicks in the generator pipe, herep primarily heating Extending aroundthe hood is a generator pipe, one end of which projects beyondl the en dof the body ofthe burner, where it connects with'a supply or feed pipe9. At the point where the feed pipe 9`communicates with the generator'pipe 10,.there is placed' a needle valve 11,-forcontrolling,theaniount` of oil passing to the generatorpipe. VThe firstrun of the genera-torpipe passesalong one side of the burner, thencearound the grooved lip l2 provided on the ,end wall of the burner, andthence back along the side of the burneror hood, where it is rterminallyconnected to the larger or expaiidedend 13 of a mixing nozzle li whichprojects through removable end doororlplate 15 into the interior of thehood 4.

' At the point of junction of thegenerator pipe with the mixing nozzle,a needle valve casingtl isa-rranged, the same being slightly above'thevcenter of the horizoiital portion 14 ofthe mixing nozzle. The needlevalve l 7 'in said casing controls the amountl of vapor admitted to theinterior of the hood',- and as said' vapor lis injected into the hood,

`air is drawn in through the open v.end ofthe enlargedportion 13'of themixing nozzle to promote combustion.

' In conjunction with' the burner herein` abovek described,;and in orderto obtainthe necessary pressure, we employ a 'compressed air supply tank18v having a pressure gage 19, and a filler nozzle 20. This tankcontains the oil and air pressure suttcient'to force the oil tothe'burner, the passage` of oil to. the burner being'A regula-tedv bythe ff' needle valve llandthe regulating valve 17.

The door or plate l5 is preferably made removable, and is provided Withan' opening 21 for the mixing nozzle. and other openings for the passageof the opposite runs of the generator pipe.

To start the burner, a certain amount of oil is allowed to pass into themixing nozzle lft, from which it finds its Way to the floor of the basel, and runs down into the gut-, ters in 'which the Wicks 5 are located.

The wicks are then lighted, and the heat therefrom soon brings theoverlying generator pipe to a point where the oil, when admittedthereto, Will be generated into a combustible Igas. After the burnerv isonce started, in a manner described, the'-` generator pipe is maintainedata high degree of heat, so that the oil which is compelled to passtherethrough before finding access to the distributing hood, isthoroughly generated into gas. This makes the burner very economical iny use, producing the highest degree of heat with a minimum quantity offuel.

The burner as a- Whole is preferably shown in oblong form which adaptsit to be used in a coal range in the summer season as a substitute forcoal and Wood. The burner is, however, susceptible to various other useswhich'vvill suggest themselves.

What is claimed is:

l. An oil burner, comprising a'rectangular base provided With parallelgutters at opposite sides thereof and having a Hoor which slopes towardthe gutters, a perforated distributing hood supported by said base,Wicks in said gutters and outside of the hood, a mixing nozzle leadinginto the hood, a generator pipe extending around the hood and havingparallel runs above the Wicks and entering the mixing nozzle, an oilsupply pipe leading to said generator pipe, and perforated Wickprotecting plates attached to the base and extending upward outside ofthe Wicks. a

3. An oil burnerfomprising a base provided vvith gutters at oppositesides thereof and leaving a Hoor which slopes toward the gutters,a'perforated distributing hood having its bottom edges seated in saidgutters, Wicks in said gutters and outside of the hood, a mixing nozzleleading into the hood, a generator pipe extending around the hood abovethe Wicks and entering the mixing nozzle, an oil supply pipe'leading tosaid generator pipe, an upstanding fiange extend-vl ing around themargin of the base, and

-fasteners passing through said flange and the hood.

In testimony whereof We aiiix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

vCHARLES T. HAAS. `ROBERT C. HUNTER. Witnesses:

E. E. WINTER, E. W. BOWEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of yateiit-s,

Washington, D. 0,f

